7 December
2021
CLEAN INVEST
AFRICA PLC
("CIA" or the
"Company" or the “Group”)
INTERIM
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL RESULTS
FOR THE PERIOD
1 JANUARY 2021 TO 30 JUNE 2021
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER STATEMENT
I am pleased to present the interim financial results of the
Group for the period 1 January 2021
to 30 June 2021.
Whilst the past period has continued to be extremely challenging
Clean Invest Africa is looking forward to the next period with
significant optimism due to the potential of a substantial and
strong pipeline and in addition a developing opportunity to expand
beyond coal.
At different times during this period, our production
facilities, like most other similar businesses in South Africa and all around the world, have
been impacted by Covid-19. Management took measures early on to
mitigate the consequences of the pandemic including complying with
the mandatory regulations imposed across its operations. These
measures have had a significant impact on the timing of the
development of the various commercial and business development
activities expected to have advanced in both 2020 and 2021 and thus
our plans have been pushed out by at least 12 months.
In addition, whilst the business took measures to reduce costs
and in particular any variable overhead, it continued throughout to
carry its fixed overhead burden. Net creditor days have been
extended beyond its normal anticipated ratio and management
continues to closely manage impacted creditors, but overall,
creditors, which are largely trade and routine, have and continue
to be very supportive.
Notwithstanding the negative impacts of the pandemic, the
Company and its subsidiary CoalTech views the roads ahead
with optimism, based upon the potential of an extensive and
solid pipeline of opportunities. It is worth reiterating that the
strategy of CoalTech is to secure long term, large scale customer
relationships with whom it would develop one or more full scale
plants and with long term offtake arrangements. Securing one such
customer would be transformative, with any such project likely to
have a project value well in excess of $10
million and involve the processing of large scale fines or
tailings, typically over one million tonnes. The early stages of
these commercial discussions typically also involve CoalTech
running test batches. These batches are often initially small, for
example 10’s of kilos and then increase to sample production size
batches of, for example, 10’s of tonnes. Once batches are completed
the outputs are exhaustively tested by CoalTech and by the
potential client. This process is a considerable proportion of the
CoalTech overhead and consumes the majority of the available
production of our Bulpan production facility in South Africa.
The CoalTech pipeline for coal fines remains substantial and robust
and continually developing.
In a further positive development the CoalTech technology
previously thought to only apply to coal fines or coal waste, has
now been adapted by CoalTech to be able to pelletise other
materials, with potentially high grade ores, precious metals,
minerals and solid based natural resources. CIA is now evaluating
the opportunity in the much wider market beyond coal including for
pelletised Ilmenite, chrome, iron ore, manganese, as well as other
base, ferrous and precious metals and biomass. This is a very
significant development. Whilst still in its early days this is an
indicator of far greater potential for CIA beyond coal than
previously considered.
CIA will today be publishing on its website its unaudited
financial results for the half year ended 30
June 2021.
FINANCIALS
The Group’s interim consolidated financial results for the
period 1 January 2021 to 30 June 2021 show a loss after taxation of
£552,877.
The financial information for the six months period ended
30 June 2021 has not been reviewed by
the Company’s external auditors.
OUTLOOK
The Directors are pleased with the progress made in this period,
notwithstanding the continuous impacts on the Group’s business of
the COVID-19 pandemic and look forward to continuing to update
shareholders on the progress of the Group and the potentially
exciting prospects ahead, some of which are developing reasonably
fast. Such prospects are of course conditional upon and dependant
upon the Company raising further funding for which there is no
certainty at present. We continue to seek new investment
opportunities and funding and we will advise shareholders if these
opportunities develop.
Filippo Fantechi
Chief Executive Officer
7 December 2021
The Directors of the Company accept responsibility for the
content of this announcement.
ENQUIRIES:
Company
Clean Invest Africa PLC
Filippo Fantechi - Chief Executive
Officer
Telephone: +973 39696273
Corporate Adviser
Peterhouse Capital Limited
Guy Miller
Telephone: +44 20 7220 9795
CLEAN INVEST AFRICA
PLC
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF PROFIT AND LOSS AND OTHER
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY 2021 TO
30 JUNE 2021
|
For
the 6 months period ended |
|
For
the
year ended |
|
30-Jun-21 |
|
31-Dec-20 |
|
(Unaudited) |
|
(Audited) |
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
37,948 |
|
444 |
Cost of sales |
- |
|
- |
Gross
profit |
37,948 |
|
444 |
|
|
|
|
Other income |
2,038 |
|
869 |
Operating costs |
(599,473) |
|
(1,105,496) |
Fair value of
warrants/options issued and vested |
- |
|
(21,374) |
Unrealised foreign
exchange revaluation on
amounts due to a related party |
13,935 |
|
(32,256) |
|
|
|
|
Operating
loss |
(545,552) |
|
(1,157,813) |
|
|
|
|
Finance income |
- |
|
4 |
Finance costs |
(7,325) |
|
(11,025) |
|
|
|
|
Loss before
tax |
(552,877) |
|
(1,168,834) |
|
|
|
|
Taxation |
- |
|
- |
|
|
|
|
Loss after
tax |
(552,877) |
|
(1,168,834) |
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive
income |
|
|
|
Items that will be
reclassified to profit or loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currency translation
differences |
3,464 |
|
91,548 |
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive
loss for the period |
(549,413) |
|
(1,077,286) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per share
expressed in pence per share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted
loss per share (GBP) |
(0.05) |
|
(0.10) |
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these
interim financial statements.
CLEAN INVEST AFRICA
PLC
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 30 JUNE 2021
|
As
at |
|
As
at |
|
30-Jun-21 |
|
31-Dec-20 |
|
(Unaudited) |
|
(Audited) |
Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current
assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and
equipment |
481,730 |
|
477,044 |
Right-of-use
assets |
35,837 |
|
20,966 |
Investments |
5,247 |
|
5,247 |
|
|
|
|
Total Non-current
assets |
522,814 |
|
503,257 |
|
|
|
|
Current
assets |
|
|
|
Inventories |
7,779 |
|
7,679 |
Trade and other
receivables |
134,355 |
|
105,567 |
Amounts due from
related parties |
3,398,815 |
|
3,411,760 |
Cash & cash
equivalents |
6,079 |
|
13,864 |
|
|
|
|
Total current
assets |
3,547,028 |
|
3,538,870 |
|
|
|
|
Total
assets |
4,069,842 |
|
4,042,127 |
|
|
|
|
Equity and
liabilities |
|
|
|
Equity
attributable to the owners of the Company |
|
|
Share capital |
2,949,388 |
|
2,949,388 |
Share premium |
24,938,863 |
|
24,938,863 |
Shares to be
issued |
332,294 |
|
332,294 |
Convertible loans |
155,000 |
|
155,000 |
Share-based
payment |
3,243,556 |
|
3,243,556 |
Foreign currency
translation reserve |
178,053 |
|
174,589 |
Reverse takeover
reserve |
(23,050,570) |
|
(23,050,570) |
Accumulated
losses |
(11,965,074) |
|
(11,412,197) |
|
|
|
|
Total
equity |
(3,218,490) |
|
(2,669,077) |
|
|
|
|
Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities |
|
|
|
Trade and other
payables |
2,257,849 |
|
1,699,749 |
Current portion of
lease liabilities |
16,803 |
|
7,968 |
Amounts due to related
parties |
4,990,026 |
|
4,986,218 |
|
|
|
|
Total current
liabilities |
7,264,678 |
|
6,693,935 |
|
|
|
|
Non-current
liabilities |
|
|
|
Non-current portion of
lease liabilities |
23,654 |
|
17,269 |
|
|
|
|
Total non-current
liabilities |
23,654 |
|
17,269 |
|
|
|
|
Total
liabilities |
7,288,332 |
|
6,711,204 |
|
|
|
|
Total equity and
liabilities |
4,069,842 |
|
4,042,127 |
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these interim
financial statements.
CLEAN INVEST AFRICA
PLC
COMPANY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 30 JUNE 2021
|
|
|
|
|
As
at |
|
As
at |
|
30-Jun-21 |
|
31-Dec-20 |
|
Unaudited |
|
Audited |
Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current
assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments |
4,744,225 |
|
4,744,225 |
|
|
|
|
Total Non-current
assets |
4,744,225 |
|
4,744,225 |
|
|
|
|
Current
assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade and other
receivables |
240,569 |
|
235,714 |
Cash & cash
equivalents |
852 |
|
1,496 |
|
|
|
|
Total current
assets |
241,421 |
|
237,210 |
|
|
|
|
Total
assets |
4,985,646 |
|
4,981,435 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity and
liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity
attributable to the owners of the Company |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share capital |
2,949,388 |
|
2,949,388 |
Share premium |
24,938,863 |
|
24,938,863 |
Shares to be
issued |
332,294 |
|
332,294 |
Convertible loans |
155,000 |
|
155,000 |
Share-based
payment |
3,243,556 |
|
3,243,556 |
Accumulated
losses |
(27,038,202) |
|
(26,893,467) |
|
|
|
|
Total
equity |
4,580,899 |
|
4,725,634 |
|
|
|
|
Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade and other
payables |
404,747 |
|
255,801 |
|
|
|
|
Total
liabilities |
404,747 |
|
255,801 |
|
|
|
|
Total equity and
liabilities |
4,985,646 |
|
4,981,435 |
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these interim
financial statements.
CLEAN INVEST AFRICA
PLC
GROUP STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 30 JUNE
2021
|
Share
capital |
Share
premium |
Shares
to be issued |
Convertible
loans |
Share-based
payment
reserve |
Reverse takeover reserve |
Currency
translation
reserve |
Accumulated losses |
Total
equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As at 1 January
2020 |
2,844,413 |
24,623,938 |
332,294 |
134,388 |
3,222,182 |
(23,050,570) |
83,041 |
(10,243,363) |
(2,053,677) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss for the year |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
(1,168,834) |
(1,168,834) |
Other comprehensive
income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currency translation
differences |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
91,548 |
- |
91,548 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive
income |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
91,548 |
(1,168,834) |
(1,077,286) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transactions with
owners, recorded directly in equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares issued by Clean
Invest Africa Plc during the year |
104,975 |
314,925 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
419,900 |
Share-based
payment |
- |
- |
- |
- |
21,374 |
- |
- |
- |
21,374 |
Movement during the
year |
- |
- |
- |
20,612 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
20,612 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total transactions
with owners recognised in equity |
104,975 |
314,925 |
- |
20,612 |
21,374 |
- |
- |
- |
461,886 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as at 31
December 2020 |
2,949,388 |
24,938,863 |
332,294 |
155,000 |
3,243,556 |
(23,050,570) |
174,589 |
(11,412,197) |
(2,669,077) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss for the year |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(552,877) |
(552,877) |
Other comprehensive
income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currency translation
differences |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3,464 |
- |
3,464 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive
income |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3,464 |
(552,877) |
(549,413) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as at 30
June 2021 |
2,949,388 |
24,938,863 |
332,294 |
155,000 |
3,243,556 |
(23,050,570) |
178,053 |
(11,965,074) |
(3,218,490) |
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these interim
financial statements.
CLEAN INVEST AFRICA
PLC
GROUP STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY 2021 TO
30 JUNE 2021
|
For
the year ended |
|
For
the year ended |
|
30-Jun-21 |
|
31-Dec-20 |
|
|
|
|
Operating
activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before income
tax |
(552,877) |
|
(1,168,834) |
|
|
|
|
Adjustment for: |
|
|
|
Amortisation of
right-of-use assets |
3,897 |
|
7,472 |
Fair value of
warrants/options issued and vested |
- |
|
21,374 |
Provision for obsolete
inventories |
- |
|
1,598 |
Finance income |
- |
|
(4) |
Finance costs |
7,325 |
|
11,025 |
|
|
|
|
|
(541,655) |
|
(1,127,369) |
Changes in operating
assets and liabilities |
|
|
|
Inventories |
(100) |
|
(511) |
Trade and other
receivables |
(28,788) |
|
67,337 |
Trade and other
payables |
558,100 |
|
784,345 |
|
|
|
|
Cash utilised in
operations |
(12,443) |
|
(276,198) |
|
|
|
|
Finance income |
- |
|
4 |
Finance costs |
(6,149) |
|
(2,737) |
Exchange gains/(loss)
on cash and cash equivalents |
(40,093) |
|
25,803 |
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in
operating activities |
(58,685) |
|
(253,128) |
|
|
|
|
Investing
activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase of property,
plant and equipment |
- |
|
(8,488) |
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in
investing activities |
- |
|
(8,488) |
|
|
|
|
Financing
activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Funding received from
a related party |
54,589 |
|
157,923 |
Payment of related
party borrowings |
- |
|
(39,415) |
Proceeds from issue of
shares |
- |
|
150,000 |
Principal paid on
lease liabilities |
(3,689) |
|
(6,259) |
|
|
|
|
Net cash from
financing activities |
50,900 |
|
262,249 |
|
|
|
|
Increase/(decrease)
in cash and cash equivalents |
(7,785) |
|
633 |
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents at beginning of the period |
13,864 |
|
13,231 |
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents at end of the period |
6,079 |
|
13,864 |
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these interim
financial statements.
CLEAN INVEST AFRICA
PLC
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS PERIOD ENDED 30 JUNE
2021
1. Company information
Clean Invest Africa plc (the “Company”) is a public limited
company which is listed on the Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market
(previously NEX Exchange Growth Market) and is incorporated and
domiciled in the United
Kingdom.
The consolidated entity (the “Group”) consists of the Company
and the entities it controlled at the end of the six months period
ended 30 June 2021.
Principal activity
The Company’s primary strategy is to identify investment
opportunities and acquisitions in clean energy projects/companies
or alternative technologies that are used in a socially and
environmentally responsible way on a global basis, with the
intention of building a diversified portfolio of assets.
The subsidiaries of the Company, CoalTech Limited (“CoalTech”),
a company registered in the United
Kingdom with registered number 11368750, and Coal
Agglomeration South Africa (Pty) Ltd. (“CASA”), a company
registered in South Africa with
registered number 2015/439393/07 and CoalTech’s subsidiary Coal
Tech LLC, a company registered in the
United States of America with registered number 5685936
(collectively referred as “CoalTech Group”), are primarily engaged
in agglomerating coal fines waste (coal dust) into coal pellets
through the commercialization of the Group’s proprietary binding
technology.
2. Basis of preparation
The interim consolidated financial statements of the Group and
the interim financial statements of the Company (the “interim
financial statements”) have been prepared in accordance with
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and IFRIC
interpretations (IFRS IC) as adopted by the European Union and the
Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies reporting under
IFRS.
The interim financial statements are for the six months period
ended 30 June 2021 and are presented
in Sterling (£) which is the Company’s presentation currency. The
financial information for the six months period ended 30 June 2021 have not been reviewed by the
Company’s external auditors or audited.
The interim consolidated financial statements of the Group and
the interim financial statements of the Company have been prepared
using going concern assumption under the historical cost
convention. The Directors believe the Group has or has access to
sufficient funds to continue as a going concern for at least 12
months from the end of the reporting period.
3. Dividend
No dividends will be distributed for the six-month period
ended 30 June 2021.
4. Earnings per share
Basic and diluted
|
|
For the 6 months
period ended
30 June 2021 |
|
For the year ended
31 December 2020 |
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
(Audited) |
|
|
|
|
|
Total loss from
continuing operations attributable
to equity holders of the
Company |
|
(552,877) |
|
(1,168,834) |
Weighted average number of ordinary
shares in issue |
|
1,179,755,301 |
|
1,157,215,657 |
|
|
|
|
|
Basic earnings per
share from continuing operations |
|
(0.05) |
|
(0.10) |
5. Events after the reporting
period
There were no significant events subsequent to 30 June 2021 and occurring before the date of
signing of the interim financial statements that would have a
significant impact on these annual financial statements.
The following events occurred between 30
June 2021 and the date of this report which are material to
the understanding of the interim financial
statements:
On 16 September 2021, the Company
is pleased to announce that it has agreed to enter into a
convertible loan note (“CLN”) of £60,000, for a period of 6 months,
with three of the Company directors, N
Lyons, F Fantechi and P B Ryan, in equal parts, of £20,000
each. The CLN is convertible into ordinary shares of the Company at
the request of the CLN holders, at 0.25p per share with an interest
coupon of 8% payable in ordinary shares at 0.25p, upon redemption
or conversion. Both the CLN and the coupon carry equivalent of two
(2) warrants for every one ordinary share resulting from the
conversions. Therefore, the Company will immediately grant a total
of 49,920,000 warrants, each with an exercise price of 0.25p and
valid for a period of five (5) years.